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General information - Location

Country	Austria
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.1079,Lat: 47.1513
Elevation	836 meter above sea level
Local time	17:43:45pm
Name province/region	Salzburg
Name Subregion	Sankt Johann im Pongau
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bad Hofgastein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dietersdorf	1 km	North
2 Gadaunern	1.1 km	East
3 Hundsdorf	1.1 km	NorthWest
4 Heißingfelding	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Bad Hofgastein	2.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ljubljana	Slovenia	162 km	SouthEast
2 Zagreb	Croatia	266 km	EastSouthEast
3 Wien	Austria	272 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 153 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Inn, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Unterer Bockhartsee (0.3 km² at a height of around 1871 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Ankogel with a height of 3252 meter (at a distance of 15.4 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Austrian border with a straight distance of 35.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 50 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 46%, high mountains: 54%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Zentralalpen - zentraler Teil

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Ljubljana Jože Pucnik Airport (at a distance of 146 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Salzburg Airport (at a distance of 72 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.3 km2

48.7%

Nature

23.1 km2

29.4%

Agriculture

9.2 km2

11.7%

Urban area

5.6 km2

7.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lafen in country Austria

Lafen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape	Austria	61 km	NorthEast
2 Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg	Austria	72 km	North
3 The Dolomites	Italy	94 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Hohe Tauern, Salzburg	AT	5.5 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bad Hofgastein

Type of weather in Bad Hofgastein	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:13 Europe/Amsterdam